17 November 2022

Blog: worldsteel’s Open Forum – A climate conversation with the steel industry

Åsa Ekdahl, Head of Environment and Climate Change, shares the highlights from our first Open Forum on climate.

29 September 2022

Blog: Climate - Inaugural worldsteel Open Forum

worldsteel’s Head, Environment and Climate Change, Åsa Ekdahl shares her thoughts on the great opportunity that our upcoming Open Forum represents.

13 June 2022

Decarbonising steel: end-to-end solutions

worldsteel's Director General Edwin Basson discusses the steel industry's decarbonisation opportunities with energy technology company Baker Hughes.

Steel coil inspection
28 January 2022

China’s drive towards a low-carbon future and challenges ahead

worldsteel Deputy Director General Frank Zhong outlines the measures and initiatives put in place in China to lower carbon emissions and what could slow the pace of decarbonisation.

8 November 2021

Steel in the Glasgow Breakthrough Programme

Andrew Purvis, Director, Safety, Environment and Technology at worldsteel, discusses what is probably the most important new high-level initiative presented at COP26, ‘The Breakthrough Agenda’, launched by the UK Presidency.

4 November 2021

COP26 – the last best chance?

Andrew Purvis, Director, Safety, Environment and Technology at worldsteel is in Glasgow at COP26 and will keep us up to date with discussions or decisions being made affecting the steel industry. This is one of a series.

Edwin Basson, Director General
1 October 2021

Contribution to the GFSEC ministerial

Today Edwin Basson, Director General, World Steel Association made an address at a meeting of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC).

18 June 2021

Low-carbon development at HBIS

Like other steel producers around the world, HBIS recognises that the steel industry’s contributions to climate change are under scrutiny. worldsteel and HBIS Chairman YU Yong outlines HBIS' plans for low-carbon development.

Policy paper: Climate change and the production of iron and steel

worldsteel today releases a public policy paper. The paper outlines the steel industry’s challenges and opportunities with respect to reducing CO2 emissions in line with the aims of the Paris Agreement.